SEAWORK CONFERENCES

Taking place at the annual Seawork Exhibition in Southampton, UK from 9–11 June 2026, Seawork Conferences deliver a varied programme of sessions featuring expert speakers addressing the latest topical issues in the commercial marine industry. Here, you can explore the full conference programme and add sessions to your schedule.

Tuesday 09 June 2026

Extending Vessel Life & Reducing Emissions: Do the Numbers Stack Up?

Tuesday, 9 June 2026 09:45 - 11:00 Conference Room 1

The Floodfighters Conference

Tuesday, 9 June 2026 09:45 - 12:30 Conference Room 2

Future Ports: Sustainable Solutions & Smarter Infrastructure - Day 1

Tuesday, 9 June 2026 10:00 - 16:00 Knowledge Box

The Future of UK Maritime: Government Strategy Meets SME Opportunity

Tuesday, 9 June 2026 11:30 - 13:00 Conference Room 1

HM Government Lunch & Networking

Tuesday, 9 June 2026 13:00 - 14:30 Conference Room 1

British Superyacht Tech Talk

Tuesday, 9 June 2026 13:00 - 17:00 Conference Room 2

A Showcase of Maritime Innovation in the Solent, presented by the University of Southampton

Tuesday, 9 June 2026 16:00 - 18:00 Conference Room 1

Wednesday 10 June 2026

Floodfighters CPD Workshop

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 09:45 - 10:45 Knowledge Box

Autonomy in the Real World: Uses, Savings and Setbacks

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 10:00 - 11:15 Conference Room 1

Propulsion in Practice: Matching Systems to Operations

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 12:00 - 13:15 Conference Room 1

Autonomy at Sea - The Future

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 12:00 - 12:45 Conference Room 2

Small Ships Forum: AGM, Industry Insights & Networking

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 12:45 - 13:45 Knowledge Box

£271M for Green Maritime: UKSHORE Funding, CMDC & ZEVI Opportunities Unpacked

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 13:00 - 13:45 Conference Room 2

AI at Sea: Drive It - Don't Build the Engine

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 14:00 - 15:00 Conference Room 2

Operating for Offshore Wind in a Changing Market

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 14:15 - 15:30 Conference Room 1

The Impact of GNSS Interference on Maritime Safety

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 14:15 - 15:00 Knowledge Box

Powering Maritime Innovation through Collaboration: NSO, MarRI UK and SMI

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 15:15 - 16:30 Conference Room 2

Women in Marine Industry Networking Event In Partnership with WISTA UK

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 15:30 - 17:00 Event Space

Thursday 11 June 2026

Built for Mission, Certified for Safety: The Naval Boat Code Explained

Thursday, 11 June 2026 10:00 - 10:30 Conference Room 2

Future Ports: Sustainable Solutions & Smarter Infrastructure - Day 2

Thursday, 11 June 2026 10:00 - 16:00 Knowledge Box

Joint Workboat Association & SMI Meet the Buyer event: Owner‑Led Insights for the Workboat Supply Chain

Thursday, 11 June 2026 10:30 - 11:30 Conference Room 1

OPS for workboats and leisure - MCS, batteries, CCS etc: building the infrastructure for decarbonisation

Thursday, 11 June 2026 11:00 - 12:00 Conference Room 2

Previous sessions are available on-demand below:

Commercial Marine's Got Talent

Thursday, 12 Jun 2025 Sessions: 10:15 - 10:55 11:05 - 11:45 11:55 - 12:35

Driving down OPEX with data driven decisions

Wednesday, 11 Jun 2025 14:15 - 15:30

Onshore Power Supply – Connect, Invest, Decarbonise

Wednesday, 11 Jun 2025 11:45 - 13:00

Future fuels – Real world applications and industry learnings

Wednesday, 11 Jun 2025 10:00 - 11:15

An Introduction to AI in Commercial Marine Management

Tuesday, 10 Jun 2025 15:30 - 17:00

WISTA UK & Seawork's Women in Marine Industry Networking Event

Tuesday, 10 Jun 2025 15:00 - 17:00

Get Set for Workboat 2050 - Propulsion systems - the Good, the Bad, and the Reality

Tuesday, 10 Jun 2025 9:50 - 11:00

FloodFighters@Seawork - Part One & Part Two

Tuesday, 10 Jun 2025 9:30 - 13:30

Make the most of Seawork

Thursday, 8 May 2025 10:00 - 10:30 Online